'Voodoo Vision: New Orleans House of Spirits' Wins ☆☆☆☆☆ 5-Star Approval From Readers

EDMONDS, Wash. - Oct. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- ‘Voodoo Vision: New Orleans House of Spirits’ newest book by Emily Hill has been published for the Halloween eBook market this week by A.V. Harrison Publishing of Edmonds, Washington. After holding a ranking in the top four-percent of Amazon’s eBook market during its first 48 hours of publication, the paranormal saga about an 1800s New Orleans family held a position in the top ten-percent of Amazon’s Kindle market throughout its first week of publication.

The author has received two 5-star reviews from readers who characterize the author as an 'enchantress' and the novel as 'evocative' and 'intriguing'.  Visit     Amazon Kindle US (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FVZP8T2/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_Csdxsb0X4MH82) and Amazon Kindle UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Voodoo-Vision-Orleans-House-Spirits-ebook/dp/B00FVZP8T2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1382206140&sr=1-1&keywords=voodoo+vision+new+orleans+house+of+spirits)  for complete details.

‘Voodoo Vision: New Orleans House of Spirits’ is a NaNoWriMo 2012 winning novel published by a team that includes the author as well as Linda Hope Lee, editor; and award-winning Kathi Humphries Design and New Media, contributing designer.

Ms. Hill completed her 59,500 word novel on 28 November 2012 and was among the fourteen-percent of authors participating NaNoWriMo's global competition who finished the competition successfully out of a global-entrant field of approximately 325,000 authors.

This is Ms. Hill’s second novel, and follows her 2010 title—also about a family living in The South; but which takes an entirely different perspective on the social issues of the 1800s. Her earlier work is entitled, ‘Jenkins: Confederate Blockade Runner’ and is available through Barnes & Noble, and on-line outlets, including Amazon.

‘Voodoo Vision: New Orleans House of Spirits’ seeks to explore issues surrounding the history of the Catholic Church in New Orleans, the Voodoo religion, slavery, and the roles of gender and class. The author has submitted the following synopsis  of  her novel:

   1853 New Orleans ~ As the frenzied drumbeats of Voodoo ceremonies vibrate throughout the city, Victoria Calais, beautiful ingénue and resident of New Orleans' Garden District, is losing her vision.  A Yellow Fever epidemic has just swept the city, leaving her parents and sister dead.

As she goes blind Victoria is visited by a poltergeist that terrorizes the family priest, Father Vivenzio, a frequent (an opportunistic) visitor to the Calais' estate, La Maison du Corbeau Blanc (The House of the White Falcon). Victoria is viewed by the priest as the catalyst of the supernatural activity haunting the manor.

To contain the poltergeist, Victoria is abducted by Father Vivenzio and imprisoned at St. Ann's Convent.

Unable to gain spiritual supremacy over the unworldly activity swirling through Corbeau Blanc; and at great personal expense to himself Father Vivenzio calls on Widow Paris, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, who is to identify the source of the supernatural activity thwarting the priest's attempts at controlling Victoria's estate.

The identity of Father Vivenzio's supernatural nemesis is revealed at Mardi Gras during a wild carriage race through the streets of New Orleans.
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To gain further exposure among her readers the author plans a Blog Hop to the blogs of three colleague-authors; Susan Leigh Noble, Dan O’Brien, and Hunter Shea on Tuesday, 29 October. Details of the Blog Hop are available at the author’s blog, ‘The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter’ (https://emilyhillwriter.wordpress.com/2013/10/19/%E2%98%8...).